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Social Epistemology

Theory for the "Fourth Wave" of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Research

Nora Jacobson

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, nora_jacobson{at}camh.net

Knowledge transfer and exchange has become an increasingly important practice in the arena of publicly funded health and social research. Throughout its history, investigators have used a variety of borrowed theories to explore and explain the determinants, processes, and results of knowledge transfer. As the context in which knowledge transfer takes place has changed, so too has the theory used to explore and explain the process. This article reviews the role of theory in knowledge transfer and exchange research and proposes a novel source for potentially useful new theory in the current context: social epistemology.

Key Words: knowledge transfer and exchange • knowledge utilization • knowledge translation • research utilization • social epistemology

Science Communication, Vol. 29, No. 1, 116-127 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1075547007305166
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